Squash at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's singles

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Men's singles
at the 2014 Asian Games
VenueYeorumul Squash Courts
Dates20–23 September 2014
Competitors22 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of India.svg  India
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
  2010
2018  

The men's singles Squash event was part of the squash programme and took place between September 20 and 23, at the Yeorumul Squash Courts.

Contents

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

DateTimeEvent
Saturday, 20 September 201410:00Round of 32
18:00Round of 16
Sunday, 21 November 201414:00Quarterfinals
Monday, 22 November 201416:00Semifinals
Tuesday, 23 November 201413:00Gold medal match

Results

Finals

Semifinals Gold medal match
1 Flag of India.svg  Saurav Ghosal  (IND)111111  
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Ong Beng Hee  (MAS)9 4 5   1 Flag of India.svg  Saurav Ghosal  (IND)121112 8 9
7 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Abdullah Al-Muzayen  (KUW)6 114 11117 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Abdullah Al-Muzayen  (KUW)10 2 141111
2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Max Lee  (HKG)118 116 8

Top half

Section 1

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
1 Flag of India.svg  Saurav Ghosal  (IND)111111  
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Shen Jiaqi  (CHN)9 5 4   12 Flag of Jordan.svg  Ahmad Al-Saraj  (JOR)2 4 3   
12 Flag of Jordan.svg  Ahmad Al-Saraj  (JOR)111111  1 Flag of India.svg  Saurav Ghosal  (IND)119 1111 
15 Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Se-hyun  (KOR)111111  6 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Nasir Iqbal  (PAK)6 112 9  
 Flag of Qatar.svg  Sadam Mehawesh  (QAT)7 4 1   15 Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Se-hyun  (KOR)111 4 6  
6 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Nasir Iqbal  (PAK)6 111111 

Section 2

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
5 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Leo Au  (HKG)1114 1111 
 Flag of Macau.svg  Armando Amante  (MAC)12 2 9   16 Flag of Japan.svg  Shinnosuke Tsukue  (JPN)8 164 8  
16 Flag of Japan.svg  Shinnosuke Tsukue  (JPN)141111  5 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Leo Au  (HKG)8 119 7  
11 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Farhan Mehboob  (PAK)8 111111 3 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Ong Beng Hee  (MAS)119 1111 
 Flag of Jordan.svg  Mohammad Al-Saraj  (JOR)111 2 4  11 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Farhan Mehboob  (PAK)9 6 3   
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Ong Beng Hee  (MAS)111111  

Bottom half

Section 3

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
4 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan  (MAS)111111  
 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Junjie  (CHN)111111   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Junjie  (CHN)5 7 6   
13 Flag of Macau.svg  Liu Tsun Man  (MAC)3 5 4   4 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan  (MAS)7 116 6  
7 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Abdullah Al-Muzayen  (KUW)116 1111 
9 Flag of India.svg  Harinder Pal Sandhu  (IND)4 6 2   
7 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Abdullah Al-Muzayen  (KUW)111111  

Section 4

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
8 Flag of Qatar.svg  Abdulla Al-Tamimi  (QAT)115 12 1211
10 Flag of Kuwait.svg  Ammar Al-Tamimi  (KUW)9 111410 7
8 Flag of Qatar.svg  Abdulla Al-Tamimi  (QAT)4 5 11112
14 Flag of Japan.svg  Yuta Fukui  (JPN)8 3 4   2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Max Lee  (HKG)11119 8 11
 Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Seung-joon  (KOR)111111   Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Seung-joon  (KOR)6 118 5  
2 Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Max Lee  (HKG)117 1111 

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